By Holly Zuluaga
TRI-CITIES — It might be a tough year for apple growers.
Not only are they expecting a huge crop, which likely means a lower price.
They’re also being hit with a new tariff from Mexico.
Farmers say they’re being charged 20% more for apples going to Mexico and with a third of all Washington apples exported going to there that’s a big dent.
Growers say it couldn’t have come at a worst time.
“We’re going to have our hands full marketing this large apple crop and exports are essential to that so this is especially painful to our industry,” Alan Schreiber from Schreiber and Sons Farms said.
Apple farmer Alan Schreiber explains that it’s more difficult to sell apples when there’s a record crop.
It’s more competition with supply outweighing demand.
